Maybe look into the new Star Wars Battlefront as reference? I haven't played it yet but since it has both humans and big robots playing around in the same field, there's probably something to take away from that. About colorful environments, there's plenty in the world :) http://mysticplaces.tumblr.com/…
I think you're completely right and I should definitely work on integrating the buildings in the landscape - this is my first map, so feedback like this is very helpful, thanks! I wanted to have intense/stylized colours without going for comic visuals, so I had to find a real landscape with near "stylized" colours. This…